Santo Domingo.- The Immigration Agency aims to regularize the status of foreigners living illegally in the country since 1984, through a "points " system and evidence, repatriating those who fail to meet requirements.
It said to reduce the possibility of "discretion", the system assigns points for the time during which illegals have been residing in the country, with a maximum of 100 and a minimum of 50; their ties with society, ranging from 20 to 5, and 15 to 10for the socio-economic and labor conditions.
According to the National Migration Institute’s proposed "National Regularization Plan" quoted by hoy.com.do, personal identity documents would be required as an essential prerequisite for an illegal alien to be eligible
Immigration director Jose Ricardo Taveras, who also heads the National Immigration Council, said identity cards must be issued to the aliens by the authorities of the foreign Government.
Immigration would require that a passport must be valid at least 18 months, whereas a birth certificate must be legalized and in Spanish, and must be valid for six months
Applicants who are part of a family group must present marriage certificate, declaration or evidence of unmarried cohabitation, duly stamped. If the applicant doesn’t have all the required documentation, they must submit what they have, along with a biometric record and other data they’ll be given no more than six months to complete, with no extension.